Sea Turtle News

Sun-Sentinel
Palm Beach County's new beach erosion fight reignites sea turtle concerns
Sun-Sentinel
By Andy Reid, Sun Sentinel One year ago, threats to endangered sea turtles helped sink Palm Beach County plans to build erosion-fighting rock walls offshore from shrinking beaches in front of condominium towers. Now a new proposal has surfaced to use ...

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Army Hunts for New Targets: Manatees, Sea Turtles
Wired News
But what about telling a sea turtle apart from a dolphin? Yeah, um, the Army's still working on that one too. In the Army's latest round of requests for research proposals, they're asking for sophisticated Sonar sensors that'll allow personnel in the ...

Editorial: Where boundaries are not recognized
Sun.Star
Among these creatures are the sea turtles. For department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to just brush off the butcher of a sea turtle and the disposal of its part right in the city where turtle conservation gained its major boost is like ...

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The Earth Times
Green light for migrating turtles
The Earth Times
By Dave Armstrong - 03 Feb 2012 13:45:55 GMT Cruising the eastern Pacific is everyone's dream, but the green turtle, the only herbivore among the sea turtles, seems to have it made in one sense. With less human predation than previously, animals that ...

:30 Super Bowl Spot Highlighting the Ocean Features Silence to Get Message Across
Sacramento Bee
This unique opportunity combines the reach of NBC with the communications expertise of SeaWeb in an attempt to make the plight of the oceans meaningful to an audience more concerned with touchdowns than sea turtles. The spot, produced by world-renowned ...

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:30 Super Bowl Spot Highlighting the Ocean Features Silence to Get Message Across
MarketWatch (press release)
This unique opportunity combines the reach of NBC with the communications expertise of SeaWeb in an attempt to make the plight of the oceans meaningful to an audience more concerned with touchdowns than sea turtles. The spot, produced by world-renowned ...

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Samudura Crew save Sea- Turtle trapped in Fishing Net
Sri Lanka Navy
The crew of SLNS Samudura were able to save the life of a turtle trapped in a fishing net laid by poachers in the seas of the Palk Strait. The Off-shore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy was on an anti-poaching patrol along the International ...

PhysOrg.com
Green Sea Turtle Lays Egg Breaking Record
Global Animal
(SEA TURTLES) PHILIPPINES — A record-breaking 1.44 million eggs were laid at nesting sites inside the protected area of Baguan Island in 2011, making it a great year for the endangered green sea turtle. Turtle conservationists have teamed up with ...
In the News: Conservation efforts produce record-breaking turtle numbersARKive (blog)
Endangered turtle enjoys baby boom in PhilippinesThe Malaysian Insider
Endangered turtle baby boom in PhilippinesPhysOrg.com

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Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm
US supports Brunei's biodiversity conservation efforts
Brunei News, Brunei Headlines from Brunei fm
Impressed with what is being done at the centre, the US Ambassador viewed turtle rearing tanks and also took the opportunity to feed the sea turtles himself and helped to place a tagging clip to one of the protected species.

Guest editorial: Loggerhead Marinelife Center Public empathy high for sea turtles
TCPalm
The center's mission is to promote conservation of Florida's coastal ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. In 2011, we hosted 215000 visitors who came from down the street, across the country, and around the world to ...

EXTENSION CONNECTIONS: The great life of turtles
Crestview News Bulletin
By Brooke Saari | Special to the News Bulletin Turtles are one of the oldest reptiles in Florida and have changed very little throughout history. They are typically recognized by the presence of shells and can be terrestrial, marine or freshwater ...

Courthouse News Service
Enviros Sue USA to Protect Caribbean Coral
Courthouse News Service
The Center for Biological Diversity and Mary Donnelly, with the Sea Turtle Conservancy, claim the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the Endangered Species Act and the Administrative Procedures Act. The plaintiffs seek judicial review of an ...

Showing animals the way
Irish Times
A magnetic sense that plays an important role in navigation has been documented in dozens of species, eg homing pigeons, sea turtles, robins, lobsters, honeybees, ants, mole rats, elephant seals and bacteria, writes WILLIAM REVILLE The precise ...

Satellite Tracking Reveals Sea Turtle Feeding Hotspots
United States Geological Survey (press release)
Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding 'hotspots' in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate populations of the turtles, according to a study ...

Our Amazing Planet
Sea Turtle Baby Boom Breaks Records
Discovery News
A one percent survival rate sounds pretty awful, so it's no wonder so many eggs are required to maintain a stable population of these turtles. After emerging from their nests, hatchlings immediately make their way to sea, starting a journey that may ...
Living with sea turtlesInquirer.net
Sea Turtle Baby Boom Smashes RecordOur Amazing Planet
Endangered turtle baby boom in PhilippinesABS CBN News

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Yahoo!7 News
Endangered turtle baby boom in Philippines
Yahoo!7 News
"We are seeing very stable increases in their populations around the world and... this is a very important contribution," Trono told AFP, referring to the Turtle Islands sanctuary that straddles the Philippine-Malaysia sea border.
In the News: Conservation efforts produce record-breaking turtle numbersARKive (blog)

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Endangered turtle baby boom in Philippines
Inquirer.net
Conservation artist AG Saño (first from left), environmental filmmaker Karina Escudero and INQUIRER.net editor Dennis Atienza Maliwanag are taking photos and video of a green turtle making its way into the open sea after laying eggs on Baguan Island.

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(TYBEE ISLAND, GA) Lecture Feb 16, Why is the Sea Turtle Population Dwindling?
CarriageTradePR.com (press release)
Williams will present a lecture entitled, “Why Is the Sea Turtle Population Dwindling?” The lecture will be preceded by a wine and cheese reception at 6 pm in the Dolphin Reef Bar, and dinner will be served in the Dolphin Reef main dining room at 6:30 ...

Our Amazing Planet
Sea Turtle Baby Boom Smashes Record
Our Amazing Planet
Poaching by foreign fishermen, egg harvesting for food and trade, illegal fishing methods and weak law enforcement contributed to the decline in the sea turtle population in the sanctuary. "The increasing nest numbers show that when turtles are ...
Living with sea turtlesInquirer.net
Sea Turtle Baby Boom Breaks RecordsDiscovery News
Endangered turtle baby boom in PhilippinesABS CBN News

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Nesting sites turn turtle
IBNLive.com
BHUBANESWAR: This year, an air of uncertainty hangs over the arrival of Olive Ridley sea turtles along the Odisha coast. With nesting grounds not available yet, wildlife experts are apprehensive about mass nesting (arribada) occurring anytime soon.